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3 weeks ago | 
wired.jp | Nicole Gull McElroy
ニューハンプシャー州ジャクソンにあるブラック・マウンテン・スキーリゾートのロッジの最上階。そこに頬を赤く染めたスキーヤーたちが昼食をとる姿はない。火のそばでブーツを乾かしたり、ゲレンデで疲れた体を休めたりするスキー客もどこにもいない。 いまここは、いわばマウンテンIT本部だ。エンジニアや開発者、デザイナーたちが机に向かい、スキーリゾートのPOSシステムを支えるハードウェアとソフトウェアの構築に没頭している。このチームは、Entabeni Systemsという小規模テックコンサルタント企業の実地検証を行なうラボなのだ。Entabeniは米国のスキー場業界において、新規起業家によるニッチなサービスを提供する企業として、ここ数年のあいだに急速な発展を見せている。...
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3 weeks ago | 
fastcompany.com | Nicole Gull McElroy
When Todd Willing was 15, he entered a high school work experience program at Ford’s Australian Design Studio. His father owned a garage, and he’d always been around cars. “I had a loose understanding of what went into them because of that exposure, and I always had a creative bent I guess,” says Willing.
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2 months ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Nicole Gull McElroy
Kate Aronowitz tells me she first set out in graphic design because it felt like a discipline that helped her bring order to things. Many years later, she has a love-hate relationship with being labeled “a creative” because the creative process, as she sees it, is not just about art and design—it’s as much about solving problems as it is building things from scratch. She also believes everyone can be creative under the right circumstances.
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2 months ago | 
fastcompany.com | Nicole Gull McElroy
Kate Aronowitz tells me she first set out in graphic design because it felt like a discipline that helped her bring order to things. Many years later, she has a love-hate relationship with being labeled “a creative” because the creative process, as she sees it, is not just about art and design—it’s as much about solving problems as it is building things from scratch. She also believes everyone can be creative under the right circumstances.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
businessandamerica.com | Nicole Gull McElroy
The famous interior designer on how she uses organization, curiosity, and focus to build her design empire. Kelly Wearstler has a motto: “Old soul, new spirit,” she says. With a 70-person team at her Los Angeles-based studio, Wearstler is the principal and founder of a robust interior and industrial design practice.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
fastcompany.com | Nicole Gull McElroy
Kelly Wearstler has a motto: “Old soul, new spirit,” she says. With a 70-person team at her Los Angeles-based studio, Wearstler is the principal and founder of a robust interior and industrial design practice. In her more than 30-year career, she’s built that business, launched a fashion line, written a few books, completed her first architectural project, and has just launched her own Substack, Wearstler World.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
businessandamerica.com | Nicole Gull McElroy
The founder of Studio McGee shares where she finds inspiration, how to build a thriving business, and the art of being just busy enough. On the day I talk to Shea McGee, we cover a lot of ground: her love of Moleskine notebooks, the new Martha documentary on Netflix, and her approach to collaboration. She’s at home, where she says she’s most focused and creative, and she’s quick to admit that her design business came as a total surprise nearly 10 years ago. Source link
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
fastcompany.com | Nicole Gull McElroy
On the day I talk to Shea McGee, we cover a lot of ground: her love of Moleskine notebooks, the new Martha documentary on Netflix, and her approach to collaboration. She’s at home, where she says she’s most focused and creative, and she’s quick to admit that her design business came as a total surprise nearly 10 years ago. McGee was a fresh-out-of-college newlywed when Domino magazine launched.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
honehealth.com | Adrienne Mandelberger |Brittany Risher Englert |Byambaa Enkhmaa |Nicole Gull McElroy
As if hot flashes, mood swings, uncomfortable sex, and a host of other symptoms weren’t enough to deal with, menopause is also a time when women’s risk of cardiovascular disease shoots up to match men her age. Although scientists have known this for some time, new research is beginning to shed light on the complex link between heart disease and menopause.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
fastcompanyme.com | Nicole Gull McElroy
“Where do these customers live and breathe?” asks Todd Meleney, who cofounded While on Earth with CrossFit pros Mat Fraser and Brooke Wells. “They go from Barry’s Bootcamp to Sweetgreen to Whole Foods. They want to understand the purpose behind the company. They also want to be part of a community. People go to Sweetgreen because of how they feel after they go to Sweetgreen. They feel great.
